Ch 3 · Lesson 17Esperanto · Chapter 3 · Lesson 17 · Grammar primer
Words to learn whole: kuirejo, vestejo, koramikino
Built from pieces you know, but each means one particular thing: a kitchen, not any cooking place; a cloakroom; a girlfriend, not just a dear friend.
The place, the person, the repeat
Three more that carry a lot of traffic:
| Affix | Root | Built | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
-- | , to learn | | school |
-- | , to work | | workplace |
-- | , to cook | | kitchen |
-- | , to teach | | teacher |
-- | , to work | | worker |
-- | | speaker | |
- | , to come | | to come back |
- | , to give | | to give back |
- | , to see | | to see again |
In sentences:
.- The children go to school..- She is a teacher..- I will come back tomorrow.
Three jobs, one suffix: the root says what the work is, -ist- makes the person who does it. The doctor is a woman, so -in- follows: kuracistino.
-- is the person who does something as a job, or an adherent of something. A learner is , not a professional learner.
Some built words mean one particular thing and are worth learning whole: o is a kitchen, not any place where cooking happens.
Going further: mal- reverses everything and the rest of the guide, when you want them. This lesson does not need them.
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